[texhax] labeling images with text
Robin Fairbairns
Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Thu Sep 23 21:07:35 CEST 2004
>
> I'm interested in importing graphical diagrams as *.eps files in the
> "normal" way, but inserting text into the diagrams (e.g. labeled arrows)
> with LaTeX commands (so that I could easily change the labels without
> having to edit the *.eps files). I was thinking that the way it might be
> done is to somehow create a graphic, with text boxes here and there as part
> of it, that had an *.eps file as its background. But I can't figure out
> how to do this, or even where to look for instructions. Am I on the right
> track? Is this possible? Where can I go for help?
look at the overpic package -- ctan macros/latex/contrib/overpic/
it's not over-blessed with documentation, but there are a pair of
example files (opic-abs.tex and opic-rel.tex) which i used to teach
myself. i then went through it with some collaborators, and they've
declared it "really neat", and have already used it in production (in
the volume they sent to press in august).
whatever, _i_ think it's a brilliant application of a simple idea :-)
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